A missile a minute. What would the West do?

What would the British have done and said, for example, if the French had launched the same number of missiles on the cities of the British coast from Calais?

Giulio Meotti, 13/11/18 23:06 | updated: 22:54

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Giulio Meotti

The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter and of "J'Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel" published by Mantua Books.. His writing has appeared in publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, Frontpage and Commentary.

The Czech Republic supports Israel's right to an “aggressive response” to the 500 missiles that have fallen in the south of the country from Gaza. “Hamas is a terrorist organization and rocket attacks against Israel are completely unacceptable and must be condemned”, said President Milos Zeman. “Israel has full rights to an aggressive response”.

That is the only official declaration that Italy, Spain, Germany, France, England and other European countries should dispatch after the onslaught from Gaza. No clichés about “tension in Gaza” or “avoiding an escalation”.

The free world, Europe, the West, must show the force of reason about their own only true ally in that region of barbarians.On the one side there is reason (Israel), on the other there is wrongdoing (the Palestinian Arab terrorists). It is up to Israel to manage the conflict. The free world, Europe, the West, must show the force of reason about their own only true ally in that region of barbarians. The Czechs know well what it means to have neighbors who want to wipe you from the map. That's what happened to them in 1939.

400 missiles launched in one single day from Gaza to Israel!

400. 1 missile per minute over five hours. What would the British have done and said, for example, if the French had launched the same number of missiles on the cities of the British coast from Calais? And what would we have said and done, we Italians, if the French had bombed Ventimiglia at this rate from nearby Menton? How is it that 400 missiles from Gaza against the schools, houses, buses and hospitals of Israel do not make the news or protests about the scandal, but we do ask Israel to defend itself with its hands tied, thus committing suicide and also asking for pardon for existing?

What is this if not the old, smelly, anti-Semitism?

You can say that Israel left Gaza in 2005 and that the only Jews in the Strip were Corporal Gilad Shalit, kept as a dog for four years, and the bodies of other Israeli soldiers that Hamas keeps in the morgue.

You can say that in 2006 the Palestinian terrorists launched 1,123 missiles on Israel, 2,427 in 2007, 3,278 in 2008, up to now more than 13,000 - and 400 in one night.

You can say that 20,000 missiles are stored in Gaza.

You can say that 100,000 Israelis slept in bunkers last night.

You can say that Iran funds the Palestinians in Gaza.

You can say that Gaza is an Afghanistan.

You can say that the Palestinians do not protest because they would not live to the evening.

You can say “two states two peoples” but now one uses the state to destroy the other one.

Well, you put all the pieces of the puzzle in the right place. The military and terrorist aggression against Israel is the only one in the world, I repeat the only one in world, where large parts of Western public opinion openly take the part of enemies ruled by a dictator who attack a democracy.

You can say whatever you want ... Anti-Semitism is like Ebola. It has infected the Western mind about Israel.